Re: Re: TB:ROMANTIC EVENING, etc.
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: TB:ROMANTIC EVENING, etc.
- From: w*
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:48:01 -0500
- Priority: normal
> Romantic Evening has been used quite heavily by many breeders, so
> the progenies from our continuing use may not yield much of anything
> different from what is already or soon to be marketed. That worries me
> not in the slightest, as my objectives are not the bicolors or banded
> bicolors for which Romantic Evening is a premium genetic pot. It also has
> good branching, satisfactory bud count, decent form (and superior form in
> some offspring) and a lot of potential for many colors, whether bi-color
> or self. I find the occasional posts in Iris-Photos of RE offspring
> especially interesting.
>
> Neil Mogensen Zone 6b/7a in western NC
It doesn't bother me either. I think the possibilities are infinite.
The other parent does have a role, and since Keppel and Ghio trade
pollen long before a plant is introduced, they naturally have the
jump on everybody else and are obviously using RE extensively on many
of their unintroduced seedlings. It is highly doubtful that the
johnny-come-latelies will cross RE to anything Keppel and Ghio
crossed to.
The same scenario played out with GIGOLO. But G failed miserably in
the other parts of the country. RE is an excellent grower, well-
branched, and I counted three in the terminals this morning.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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